Lochmaddy, North Uist

Name: Lochmaddy
Address: North Uist, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in North Uist

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Lochmaddy is the administrative centre of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Na Madaidhean are rocks in the bay after which the loch, and subsequently the village, are named. Lochmaddy is within the parish of North Uist. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°36'7"N, 7°9'50"W

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Lochmaddy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pobull Fhinn, Barpa Langass, Dun an Sticir, Carinish.

5.1 miSW
Archaeological site
Pobull Fhinn, North Uist
130 min walk • Pobull Fhinn is a stone circle on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name is Gaelic. The first word has been variously spelt as pobull, poball, pobul or as plural pobuill.
5.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Barpa Langass, North Uist
133 min walk • Barpa Langass, is a Neolithic chambered cairn on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures about 72 feet in diameter by 18 feet in height, and is around 5,000 years old.
5.7 miN
Archaeological site
Dun an Sticir, North Uist
146 min walk • Dun an Sticir is an Iron Age broch situated approximately 9.5 kilometers north of Lochmaddy in a loch on North Uist in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. A building was erected on the site in the late medieval period.
7.8 miSW
Archaeological site
Carinish, North Uist
199 min walk • Carinish, is a hamlet on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is in the south of the island, about two miles from the causeway to Benbecula. The hamlet is known for the Carinish Stone Circle and the Trinity Temple. Carinish is within the parish of North Uist and is situated on the A865.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Sgadabhagh, North Uist
98 min walk • Loch Sgadabhagh or Loch Scadavay is a body of water on the island of North Uist, Scotland. The name may be of Old Norse derivation meaning "lake of tax bay" although if so, the reason is obscure.
2.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Na Fir Bhrèige, North Uist
67 min walk • Na Fir Bhrèige is a set of three standing stones on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. They lie on the northwestern slope of Blashaval. The stones are set in a line that runs WNW to ESE, nearly in alignment with the peaks of Blashaval and Maari. They protrude 0.7m...
6.5 miNW
Island
Lingeigh
166 min walk • Lingeigh is an uninhabited island off North Uist, south east of Boreray. It is separated from North Uist by Traigh Lingeigh.
1.8 miN
Island
Ceallasaigh Beag
46 min walk • Ceallasaigh Beag is a low-lying island in Loch Maddy off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. This an area of shallow lagoons filled and drained by the tides each day.

Lochmaddy, North Uist

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Lochmaddy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)